Development and Democracy: Time to look to the East
It was December 6, 1971 in the White House situation room when the joint forces of Bangladesh and India were quickly marching towards Dhaka.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM
ENOUGH WITH THE DENIAL
The BNP chief, in her first public address in more than a year on Monday said, “There is still a controversy about the exact number of
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM
THE UN'S SILENCE
Despite history's numerous precedents, the word “genocide” did not exist until legal scholar Raphael Lemkin, a
15 December 2015, 18:00 PM
War crimes trials: The lobbyists are at work again
The much-awaited verdict on the review petition against convicted war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed (incidentally, my
21 November 2015, 18:00 PM
War Crimes Trials And now the Amnesty International
And now the Amnesty International (AI), the watchdog body for world-wide human rights has come up with a statement on its website under the title Bangladesh...
30 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Canadian election and Trudeau's victory speech
The general election that took place on October 19 ushers in a new era for Canada, as Justin Trudeau, the son a former Prime Minister and Canadian ...
22 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Should our professors 'hang' themselves?
As I write this piece, a picture of a stunned Professor Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, drenched in rain, after an assault on a teachers' demo at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on August 30 has gone viral, thanks to social networking sites and the media.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM
THE SHEPHERD KING OF HISTORY
The tragic hero, Aristotle wrote, suffers a change in fortune because of a mistaken act to which is led by his “error in judgement” or his “tragic flaw”.
14 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Why do our politicians consider themselves indispensable?
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned on July 6, saying he was told shortly after Greece's decisive referendum result that
1 August 2015, 18:00 PM
BNP's current policy towards India
After its failed violent movement to unseat the government in its demand for a fresh general election under a caretaker government,
6 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Has the country turned into a killing ground for free thinkers?
If one analyses why criminality and corruption are so pervasive in the society, the first and foremost answer would be the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators.
17 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Portrait of a patriot
KM Shehabuddin, former Bangladeshi ambassador to the United States and an iconic patriot and diplomat, passed away on
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The debate over war crimes trials: Is there any merit?
IF the formalities are completed as expected, war criminal Muhammad Kamruzzaman's execution might have been carried out by the
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A moment of introspection for BNP
In my article for The Daily Star (January 27, 2015), titled “War for democracy: For the people or on the people”, I concluded with these words: “The BNP-led alliance's war for democracy has turned out to be not for the people but on the people.”
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A Shocking Crime
It was with devastating shock and disbelief that I received the news of the brutal killing of our very well-known blogger and writer Avijit Roy and the severe injury to his wife, blogger Rafida Ahmed Bonna.
27 February 2015, 18:00 PM